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Last Rituals

Thora Gudmundsdottir, Book 1

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Last Rituals

By: Yrsa Sigurdardottir, Bernard Scudder - translator
Narrated by: Gabrielle Nellis-Pain
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The first Thora Gudmundsdottir novel from Yrsa Sigurdardottir—'Queen of Icelandic crime'.

A young man is found brutally murdered, his eyes gouged out. A student of Icelandic history in Reykjavik, he came from a wealthy German family who do not share the police's belief that his drug dealer murdered him. Attorney Thora Gudmundsdottir is commissioned by his mother to find out the truth, with the help—and hindrance—of boorish ex-policeman Matthew Reich. Their investigations into his research take them deep into a grisly world of torture and witchcraft both past and present, as they draw ever closer to a killer gripped by a dangerous obsession....

©2008 Yrsa Sigurdardottir (P)2008 Hodder & Stoughton Limited Crime Fiction International Mystery & Crime Mystery Thriller & Suspense Crime Fiction Thriller Law Suspense

Critic Reviews

"Yrsa is one of the most exciting new voices in the crime thriller world." (Peter James)
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Really enjoyed getting to know Thora and learning about Icelandic history and culture. Narrator was very easy to listen to.

Memorable storyline and characters

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I actually paid for this book but could not finish it. Story is predictable and obvious but worst of all the female narrators rendering of male voices was so painful and grating I gave up. Shame because I love Nordic noir like Jo Nesbo but this was awful.

Terrible

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